Wednesday, May 28, 2008

I didn't really like Ross Perot, but he made politics fun for a while. His "It's just this simple!" and graphs and charts just didn't cut it for me. He tried to bring his corporate America into the American political system; it was a good try, but not good enough.

Ralph Nader announced his entry into his 100th presidential race a while back. I don't know what this guy is thinking. His head must be as big as Ecuador.

Nevertheless, the next president has this fun to deal with:

Bush inherited a $236 billion surplus, while the next president will inherit a deficit likely to top $400 billion. Federal debt, which fell to 57 percent of gross domestic product during the Clinton administration, is back up to about 68 percent, the highest percentage since the 1950s. Interest on the federal debt tops $200 billion a year, so we have to move quickly to avoid losing ground. Moreover, deficits are increasingly being financed by other countries, making us increasingly vulnerable to their agendas.

Not only the deficit and debt, but also Social Security, Medicare, national defense, the Iraq quagmire, the Afghanistan "We'll get him dead or alive, or not" campaign to catch bin Laden.

Sheesh. It could make a girl cry. And maybe it will, though that would take a snowball surviving in hell first.

Jason Hughey presents Part 1: The Truth Behind Kosovo - Introduction posted at Logical Consistency, saying, "A lot hangs in the balance when government policy ignores hard questions and/or answers them with lies. It's time to revisit the United States involvement in the 1999 Kosovo intervention and find out what really happened."

NotYourDaddy presents Goldilocks Doesn't Vote posted at Government is not your Daddy., saying, "I picture McCain climbing a tree, reaching for an apple on the outermost branch, while the trunk bends and groans and finally splinters beneath the awkward distribution of weight. That’s what’s happening to the entire Republican Party. If it leans any further to the left, it’s going split its core right down the middle."

NotYourDaddy presents Obama's Unsavory Endorsements posted at Government is not your Daddy., saying, "Obama supporters have pointed out that Obama didn’t solicit the endorsement and, just because Hamas endorses Obama doesn’t mean Obama endorses Hamas. In fact, Senator Obama was just as quick to disassociate himself from the Hamas endorsement as he was earlier to disassociate himself from the Farrakhan endorsement. But the nagging question remains, why do such people and organizations endorse him?"

NotYourDaddy presents Evil Oil Companies? posted at Government is not your Daddy., saying, "If oil companies are evil for pulling in billions of dollars a year in profits from the oil they produce, the government must be evil incarnate, because the federal and state governments make a lot more money off of gasoline taxes each year than the total profits of all the oil companies combined."

Fortunately for you, it's not my view. My view would contain R-rated material. I share the author's view of Nader, but my rendition of that view would be full of 4-letter words that rhymed with duck and may-hole.

By the way, look at the picture! Nader has a halo. Clearly the devil is involved. Nader is a bafoon, but a rich, special-interest-paid one.

Ashok presents Rethink.: Is Politics Reducible to Rhetoric? posted at Rethink., saying, "We hear tons from media types, including Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, about how government is nothing but spin. If that's true, then is government nothing more than rhetoric?"

Jose DeJesus MD presents Cash Before Treatment - The Crisis in Medical Care Funding posted at Physician Entrepreneur, saying, "Dr. Jose DeJesus discusses the unsustainable current arrangement where large payers, including government, insurance, and large employers have negotiated payment rates that do not reflect real healthcare costs. Those who have limited benefit or no health insurance face rates that often reflect distortions created by these large payers, and mandated but unfunded costs. Finally, Dr. DeJesus suggests some alternatives to the current situation."

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Wow. We needed this. A redo of the 2001 (I think) tax break that phased out a few years ago, where people can almost fully write off the entire cost of their GI-MONGOUS SUV that they use "for business."

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Here's a link to a study done by economists that attempted to scientifically demonstrate through the use of an economics/statistical tool who was the better AC/DC singer: Bon Scott or Brian Johnson.Let the comments begin. Take the poll in the upper right-hand corner of the home page.

I think cap-and-trade system makes more sense. That's why I proposed it because you can be very specific in terms of how we're going to reduce the greenhouse gases by a particular level. Now what you have to do is you have to combine it with a hundred percent auction.

Sunday, May 04, 2008

Welcome to the May 4, 2008 edition of Rants. This week's edition was all hosed up because the Blog Carnival site went down for untold hours. No explanation. No apology. I guess I got what I paid for (it's free). Sorry for being late on this one. Let's try harder next time :)

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I subscribe to real conservatism: Small, non-intrusive government that believes in fiscal responsibility and deference to state's rights. I believe in the Constitution and everything that goes along with it, including the ability and necessity to change it when conditions warrant doing so.